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SUBMITTER: Zheng T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5591304 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zheng Tianxiang T Li Hongshuang H Han Na N Wang Shengyin S Hackney Price Jennifer J Wang Minzi M Zhang Dayu D
Scientific reports 20170908 1
The elongases of very long chain fatty acid (ELOVL or ELO) are essential in the biosynthesis of fatty acids longer than C14. Here, two ELO full-length cDNAs (TmELO1, TmELO2) from the yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor L.) were isolated and the functions were characterized. The open reading frame (ORF) lengths of TmELO1 and TmELO2 were 1005 bp and 972 bp, respectively and the corresponding peptide sequences each contained several conserved motifs including the histidine-box motif HXXHH. Phylogenet ...[more]